Always Hold On To Smallville

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Episode 78 - 4x12 Pariah Mar 29, 2019

Show notes

This week Zach is joined by Lance Laster and Matt Latham from Pick A Disc to discuss the seventy eighth episode of Smallville, "Pariah." They talk what if Alicia had been a full-season or half-season character (like so many of Lana's boyfriends), Chloe being shown Clark's powers as opposed to discovering them on her own, and what Sarah Carter is up to these days on The Flash! Go tell the sheriff about the latest Always Hold On To Smallville!
Check out Matt's podcast Pick A Disc.
EPISODE ROUNDUP
Zach's Grade: B
Lance's Grade: B+
Matt's Grade: B-
IMDB Grade: 9.1
Superman Homepage Grade: 3/5
Bechdel Test: PASS
SERIES TALLY BOARD
Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 7
Amnesia Count: 25
Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 17
Chloe's Unseen Connections: 19
Clark Loses His Powers: 6
Episode Title Said In Episode: 30
Hospital Visits: 59
In Media Res: 1
Kent Truck Accidents: 9
KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 23
Lana Kills: 1
Main Character Deaths: 3
Mind Control Count: 13
Movie Plot As An Episode: 7
Possession Count: 5
Product Placement Pete: 6
Season 4 Showers: 6
Shut That Laptop: 9
Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 4
Smallville High School Student Deaths: 12
Under The Influence: 28
Weddings: 3
"You Weren't Yourself": 13
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
John Loyd
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Quinten Tracy / @QuintenTracy
Mike Franz
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

Episode 77 - 4x11 Unsafe Mar 21, 2019

Show notes

This week Zach is joined by Victoria Male from Your Biggest Fangirl and Lance Laster to discuss the seventy seventh episode of Smallville, "Unsafe." They talk one of the best return appearances of one of the best freaks of the week in Alicia Baker, the continued disfunction of Lana and Jason's relationship, Red Kryptonite...again, and what might be Smallville's strongest use of pop music in an episode yet! It's safe to listen to the latest Always Hold On To Smallville...we're all better now!
Check out Victoria on Your Biggest Fangirl.
EPISODE ROUNDUP
Zach's Grade: A-
Lance's Grade: A-
Victoria's Grade: A-
IMDB Grade: 8.8
Superman Homepage Grade: 2/5
Bechdel Test: FAIL
SERIES TALLY BOARD
Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 7
Amnesia Count: 25
Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 16
Chloe's Unseen Connections: 19
Clark Loses His Powers: 6
Episode Title Said In Episode: 30
Hospital Visits: 57
In Media Res: 1
Kent Truck Accidents: 9
KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 23
Lana Kills: 1
Main Character Deaths: 3
Mind Control Count: 13
Movie Plot As An Episode: 7
Possession Count: 5
Product Placement Pete: 6
Season 4 Showers: 5
Shut That Laptop: 9
Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 4
Smallville High School Student Deaths: 11
Under The Influence: 28
Weddings: 3
"You Weren't Yourself": 13
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
John Loyd
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Quinten Tracy / @QuintenTracy
Mike Franz
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

Episode 76 - 4x10 Scare Mar 13, 2019

Show notes

This week Zach is joined by Matt Truex from Lois & Clark'd: The New Podcasts of Superman to discuss the the seventy sixth episode of Smallville, "Scare." They talk the main characters' worst nightmares, the status of Lana and Jason's relationship, and interesting deleted scenes! Don't be scared of this week's Always Hold On To Smallville!
Check out Matt's work including Lois & Clark'd: The New Podcasts of Superman at The Daily Knockoff.
And his current podcast Always Hold On To DC's Legends Of Tomorrow.
EPISODE ROUNDUP
Zach's Grade: B+
Matts Grade: C
IMDB Grade: 8.6
Superman Homepage Grade: 1/5
Bechdel Test: FAIL
SERIES TALLY BOARD
Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 6
Amnesia Count: 25
Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 16
Chloe's Unseen Connections: 19
Clark Loses His Powers: 6
Episode Title Said In Episode: 30
Hospital Visits: 56
In Media Res: 1
Kent Truck Accidents: 9
KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 23
Lana Kills: 1
Main Character Deaths: 3
Mind Control Count: 13
Movie Plot As An Episode: 7
Possession Count: 5
Product Placement Pete: 6
Season 4 Showers: 5
Shut That Laptop: 9
Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 4
Smallville High School Student Deaths: 11
Under The Influence: 27
Weddings: 2
"You Weren't Yourself": 13
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
John Loyd
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Quinten Tracy / @QuintenTracy
Mike Franz
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

Episode 75 - 4x09 Bound Feb 27, 2019

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This week Zach is joined by Lance Laster to discuss the the seventy fifth episode of Smallville, "Bound." They talk Jane Seymour's first appearance on the series, a before-she-was-famous Cobie Smulders, and how glasses a suit and a different hairstyle (...get it?) can fool Lex Luthor. Pull out your pink MP3 player to listen to this week's Always Hold On To Smallville!
EPISODE ROUNDUP
Zach's Grade: B-
Lance's Grade: B-
IMDB Grade: 8.0
Superman Homepage Grade: 1/5
Bechdel Test: PASS
SERIES TALLY BOARD
Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 6
Amnesia Count: 25
Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 16
Chloe's Unseen Connections: 19
Clark Loses His Powers: 6
Episode Title Said In Episode: 29
Hospital Visits: 51
In Media Res: 1
Kent Truck Accidents: 9
KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 23
Lana Kills: 1
Main Character Deaths: 3
Mind Control Count: 13
Movie Plot As An Episode: 7
Possession Count: 5
Product Placement Pete: 6
Season 4 Showers: 5
Shut That Laptop: 9
Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 4
Smallville High School Student Deaths: 11
Under The Influence: 27
Weddings: 2
"You Weren't Yourself": 13
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
John Loyd
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Quinten Tracy / @QuintenTracy
Mike Franz
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

Episode 74 - 4x08 Spell Feb 14, 2019

Show notes

This week Zach is joined by Cory Moore to discuss the the seventy fourth episode of Smallville, "Spell." They talk Cory's Smallville fandom and how he found the podcast, why he wanted to be part of the discussion about this infamously bad episode, the stones of power and Kryptonian artifacts on Earth pre-Krypton's destruction, and the use of magic in the series! Get caught under the spell of this week's Always Hold On To Smallville!
EPISODE ROUNDUP
Zach's Grade: D
Cory's Grade: C+
IMDB Grade: 8.1
Superman Homepage Grade: 1/5
Bechdel Test: PASS
SERIES TALLY BOARD
Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 6
Amnesia Count: 25
Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 15
Chloe's Unseen Connections: 18
Clark Loses His Powers: 6
Episode Title Said In Episode: 29
Hospital Visits: 51
In Media Res: 1
Kent Truck Accidents: 9
KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 23
Lana Kills: 1
Main Character Deaths: 3
Mind Control Count: 13
Movie Plot As An Episode: 7
Possession Count: 5
Product Placement Pete: 6
Season 4 Showers: 5
Shut That Laptop: 9
Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 4
Smallville High School Student Deaths: 11
Under The Influence: 27
Weddings: 2
"You Weren't Yourself": 13
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Adam Parker / @Adam_E_Parker
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

Episode 73 - 4x07 Jinx Jan 30, 2019

Show notes

This week Zach is joined by Jazz Atmaja to discuss the the seventy third episode of Smallville, "Jinx." We talk Mr. Mxyzptlk, how Smallville's version of the character stacks up against other interpretations, missed opportunities with the Clark playing football plot, and the continuing Lana /Jason drama! Don't let the frequency of this week's Always Hold On To Smallville get jammed!
EPISODE ROUNDUP
Zach's Grade: B-
Jazz's Grade: C+
IMDB Grade: 8.3
Superman Homepage Grade: 1/5
Bechdel Test: FAIL
SERIES TALLY BOARD
Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 6
Amnesia Count: 22
Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 15
Chloe's Unseen Connections: 18
Clark Loses His Powers: 5
Episode Title Said In Episode: 28
Hospital Visits: 51
In Media Res: 1
Kent Truck Accidents: 9
KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 22
Lana Kills: 1
Main Character Deaths: 3
Mind Control Count: 13
Movie Plot As An Episode: 7
Possession Count: 2
Product Placement Pete: 6
Season 4 Showers: 5
Shut That Laptop: 9
Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 4
Smallville High School Student Deaths: 11
Under The Influence: 27
Weddings: 2
"You Weren't Yourself": 12
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Adam Parker / @Adam_E_Parker
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

Superman Special #11 - Elseworlds Jan 23, 2019

Show notes

It's our eleventh Superman Special! Zach is joined by Craig Byrne, webmaster of Kryptonsite and K-SiteTV, to discuss the Arrow, The Flash and Supergirl crossover "Elseworlds" featuring Superman! We talk Smallville connections, John Wesley Shipp, Batwoman and what we want to see in next year's Crisis On Infinite Earths!
Plus! The second half of this podcast is the"Elseworlds" post-game talk Zach and Lance Laster recorded for the Patreon the night of the crossover's conclusion, so if you haven't heard it...it's new to you!
This podcast contains SPOILERS. You've been warned!
Check out Craig's websites:
Kryptonsite: https://www.kryptonsite.com/
KSiteTV: https://www.ksitetv.com/
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Adam Parker / @Adam_E_Parker
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

Episode 72 - 4x06 Transference Jan 16, 2019

Show notes

This week Zach is joined by Matt Truex from Lois & Clark'd: The New Podcasts of Superman to discuss the the seventy second episode of Smallville, "Transference." They talk Tom Welling's finest performance, John Glover playing a YOUNG young Clark, stones of power theories, Lana and Jason's inappropriate relationship, and Margot Kidder! That ringing in your head is this week's Always Hold On To Smallville!
Check out Matt's work including Lois & Clark'd: The New Podcasts of Superman at The Daily Knockoff.
EPISODE ROUNDUP
Zach's Grade: A
Matt's Grade: B+
IMDB Grade: 9.1
Superman Homepage Grade: 5/5
Bechdel Test: FAIL
SERIES TALLY BOARD
Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 6
Amnesia Count: 22
Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 15
Chloe's Unseen Connections: 18
Clark Loses His Powers: 5
Episode Title Said In Episode: 28
Hospital Visits: 50
In Media Res: 1
Kent Truck Accidents: 9
KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 22
Lana Kills: 1
Main Character Deaths: 3
Mind Control Count: 13
Movie Plot As An Episode: 7
Possession Count: 2
Product Placement Pete: 5
Season 4 Showers: 5
Shut That Laptop: 9
Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 4
Smallville High School Student Deaths: 11
Under The Influence: 27
Weddings: 2
"You Weren't Yourself": 12
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Adam Parker / @Adam_E_Parker
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

Episode 71 - 4x05 Run Jan 10, 2019

Show notes

This week Zach is joined by Jon Lee Brody to discuss the seventy first episode of Smallville, "Run." They talk The Flash being the first DC Comics superhero to guest star, which version of the character Bart is supposed to be, the state of Clark and Lex's friendship at this point in the series, and some fun tales from the set from Kyle Gallner himself, delivered via Jon! Try to keep up with the latest Always Hold On To Smallville!
Check out Jon on That Was Pretty Scary.
EPISODE ROUNDUP
Zach's Grade: A
Jon's Grade: A
IMDB Grade: 8.8
Superman Homepage Grade: 4/5
Bechdel Test: FAIL
SERIES TALLY BOARD
Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 6
Amnesia Count: 21
Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 15
Chloe's Unseen Connections: 18
Clark Loses His Powers: 5
Episode Title Said In Episode: 27
Hospital Visits: 49
In Media Res: 1
Kent Truck Accidents: 9
KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 22
Lana Kills: 1
Main Character Deaths: 3
Mind Control Count: 13
Movie Plot As An Episode: 7
Product Placement Pete: 5
Season 4 Showers: 5
Shut That Laptop: 9
Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 4
Smallville High School Student Deaths: 11
Under The Influence: 27
Weddings: 2
"You Weren't Yourself": 11
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Adam Parker / @Adam_E_Parker
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

Episode 70 - 4x04 Devoted Dec 26, 2018

Show notes

This week Zach is joined by Victoria Male from Your Biggest Fangirl to discuss the seventieth episode of Smallville, "Devoted." They talk season four being "thirsty," Jason and Lana's inappropriate relationship, how Clark playing football might not be so bad after all, and our very own "one shining moments" in high school! Stay devoted to us and listen to the latest Always Hold On To Smallville!
Check out Victoria on Your Biggest Fangirl.
*Note: Victoria had a technical glitch with her recording, so we had to use a back up source for her during the second half of the podcast hence the lower sound quality.
EPISODE ROUNDUP
Zach's Grade: C-
Victoria's Grade: C
IMDB Grade: 8.2
Superman Homepage Grade: 2/5
Bechdel Test: FAIL
SERIES TALLY BOARD
Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 6
Amnesia Count: 21
Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 15
Chloe's Unseen Connections: 17
Clark Loses His Powers: 5
Episode Title Said In Episode: 26
Hospital Visits: 49
In Media Res: 1
Kent Truck Accidents: 9
KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 21
Lana Kills: 1
Main Character Deaths: 3
Mind Control Count: 13
Movie Plot As An Episode: 7
Product Placement Pete: 5
Season 4 Showers: 4
Shut That Laptop: 8
Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 4
Smallville High School Student Deaths: 11
Under The Influence: 27
Weddings: 2
"You Weren't Yourself": 11
Always Hold On To Smallville is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these Meteor Freaks on Patreon who's generous contributions help produce the podcast!
Tim Miller / @timjmills
John Curcio
Jazz Atmaja / @HeadBandBrother
Chris Fuchs
Atif Sheikh
Justin Maitner
Kevonte Chilous / @chill_us
Mollie Ficarella
Thomas Naven
Nathan MacKenzie / @maccamackenzie
Joe McIndoe / @joemcindoe92
Trevon Brady / @T_Brady94
Steve Rogers / @SteveJRogersJr
Eddie Bissell / @Kal_Ed11
Cameron Mynard
Nick Ryan Magdoza / @nickryan
Becca Ziefle / @becca_zee9
Adam Parker / @Adam_E_Parker
Tom Gehrke / @tomgehrke
Eric Eells / @ericeells1
PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallville
TWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallville
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallville
EMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

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